DRAW THREAD

[Anonymous No.2198060]

DRAW THREAD
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Post your current drawing here and give constructive critique to others!

Please make sure your posted image is clear, downsized to around 1000 pixels wide, rotated to the correct orientation, and that any unused space is cropped.
If you want critique on a drawing from the previous thread, you can delete it there and repost in this one.

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http://sites.google.com/site/4chanic/
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http://characterdesigns.com/
http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-3.html
http://finaltrinity.tumblr.com/post/13163064364/art-references-tumblr-accounts
http://fusroda.com/resources/

>fellowBro's books :
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>Figure Drawing Tool:
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http://posemaniacs.com/

>Photoshop Brushes
http://cgsociety.org/index.php/CGSFeatures/CGSFeatureSpecial/tower_of_evil

[Anonymous No.2198063]

posted this thread with the quickness

alright here's the three drawings from figure drawing tonight

[Anonymous No.2198065]

>>2198063

[Anonymous No.2198066]

>>2198065

[Anonymous No.2198081]

any crits? might be too overblown but im kinda digging it

[Anonymous No.2198100]

[Anonymous No.2198102]

>>2198081
It's a bit muddy. Very airbrushy too. I would clean up your shapes a lot. That light orb thing on her right arm is weird, almost looks like the sun behind her since it is creating a bit of a tangent.

[Anonymous No.2198103]

>>2198066
>>2198065
>>2198063
>>2198060
garbage/10

[Anonymous No.2198105]

>>2198103
why bother posting if its not constructive?

oh wait I know

you're probably shit

[Anonymous No.2198107]

>>2198105
why bother replying to bait

oh wait i know

you're fucking retarded XD!

[Anonymous No.2198108]

>>2198063
>>2198065
>>2198066
you're over-exaggerating the planar structures and you don't have much understanding of light and anatomy

[Anonymous No.2198111]

>>2198102
do you have any tips for fixing the mud?

[Anonymous No.2198133]

>>2198108
you can't exaggerate anatomy without an understanding of it

[Anonymous No.2198141]

>>2198133
i know, that's what i'm saying.

[Anonymous No.2198146]

>>2198133
You can exaggerate it, it will just look bad. Exaggeration is just changing the appearance of something. So you can exaggerate, but it take a good artist to know what to exaggerate and to what degree.

[Anonymous No.2198167]

I drew some sketches of stuff. Take a look and give me your awful opinions

imgur (.) com / gallery / OGSvB

imgur for the sake of not cluttering the thread with shit drawings

[Anonymous No.2198173]

meh...

[Anonymous No.2198180]

>>2198173
meh indeed

[Anonymous No.2198191]

>>2198173
i should try to crit.

the hair on the black woman is scratchy and inconsistent. you include vague allusions to abstract art and surrealism but only surface level stuff, so it breaks the illusion that you know what you're doing.

the "tears" coming out of the cats eyes and the stitched hatching near its tail imply a "creativity" and "freedom" to your images, so it makes the viewer scrutinize parts that aren't as interesting.

It makes it so recognizable imagery ruins it, or is secondary to the surrealist/abstract stuff. i see stuff like how the neck and hair are shaded expressively, with little thought and more feel behind it, but that clashes with how sterile and recognizable a bunch of cat faces and human figures look.

this all just blends together to be incredibly boring for how adventurous you imply that you are.

If I had to pick the parts of the drawings I'd work on keeping the feel of for a whole drawing and leaned into more it would be the inconsistency and randomness of the old woman's neck, the black woman's hair, the tears coming out of the cat's eyes, and the hatching near the cat's tail.

apply that to a whole drawing. don't just make them the secondary parts of an illustration to add flavor, make them the whole drawing.

all this is assuming you want to bridge the gap from illustration into fine arts.

[Anonymous No.2198193]

>>2198103
fuck you
>>2198108
idk what planar structures are, and I actively avoid an understanding of anatomy. It makes my figures more lively if I just draw what I see and don't try to think too much about it. Also I'd argue I have an understanding of light, maybe just not the means to execute on it technically yet.
>>2198146
Well I won't learn unless I try right?

[Anonymous No.2198195]

>>2197896
This image irritates me for reasons

>>2198193
Your drawings look as if you favored cleanliness and a polished look above all else

[Anonymous No.2198210]

[Anonymous No.2198229]

I just do this to get in to the habit of drawing, I cant draw humans at all

[Anonymous No.2198232]

First of two drapery studies

[Anonymous No.2198238]

Crits? Should I put more detail into the people in front?

[Anonymous No.2198241]

>>2198232
Second of two drapery studies - had more fun with this one but I know that I need to keep it crisper, cleaner and push the highlights a little more.

[Anonymous No.2198249]

You guys are good. How'd you get your proportions so proportionate?

[Anonymous No.2198259]

>>2198249
There are a few things you can do, and they depend on whether you're drawing from imagination, using a reference, and so on. If you're drawing from reference, you can use a rule like the length of your pen or pencil, or even a finger. Drawing a grid can also help as well, and it helps anchor your figure as well. It's important to make sure your measurements are consistent - make sure your ruler is of finite length, and that you're using the same eye to measure when you do.

Does that help at all?

[Anonymous No.2198268]

This is my most current and its ass

[Anonymous No.2198272]

You like?

[Anonymous No.2198274]

Tell me u like

[Anonymous No.2198285]

My least favourite part... How to hair? :-(

[Anonymous No.2198296]

>>2198285
ribbons fam. this will help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SYIPBS2F0k

>>2198238
perspective is pretty off, major technical issue. the foreground feels like it's from a high horizon, while the midground feels like it would be lower. in terms of projecting your focal point out (the people) i would emphasize the silhouette so that it's more apparent. also half the painting doesn't really have anything (top half). place something there to lead the eye out as it drifts from the focal point, maybe clouds, tree branches in the foreground, or maybe fireworks that were already set off

[Anonymous No.2198297]

ssssssssssss

[Anonymous No.2198305]

In the old thread i post it too big, sorry

>I'm doing this for the packaging of a role playing game, and I have no idea how to apply shadows on the character ( and my anatomy sucks in this one...)

[Anonymous No.2198321]

early wip
any suggestions?

[Anonymous No.2198329]

not experienced at this, how am I doing the caricature? tips or crits welcome, started it a while ago

[Anonymous No.2198330]

>>2198321
make a confident decision about light source, but before that you could improve color blocks by playing with shapes and values, at the moment the green is the same everywhere, clean edges a bit more

[Anonymous No.2198331]

>>2198329
It might just be me, but I would have chosen to exaggerate his forehead more than his jaw. Still, looks pretty good.

[Anonymous No.2198339]

>>2198329
In my opinion, you exaggerated the wrong aspects, I personally would've chose to accentuate the cheeks, eyes and forehead, and make it wider at the top than bottom
Ears are on the right track to me tho

[Anonymous No.2198344]

>>2198331
>>2198339
I had that trought too, but I tried some thumbnails before going in and meh, i really lack visual memory about how to exaggerate other things but jaw mostly
taking in consideration something an anon posted about how to paint faces, yellow fore head, red nose, gray jaw, and it seems to be good start holy sht

[Anonymous No.2198360]

>>2198296
you could probably still push the values

[Anonymous No.2198362]

finished? charged a joke for it, so I'm not gonna polish it a lot more

[Anonymous No.2198369]

[Anonymous No.2198516]

>>2198060
Forgot to post final.

[Anonymous No.2198570]

the serviceman of the third branch of the second column in the ever glorious army of the Righteous Empire

[Anonymous No.2198579]

>>2198516
I like the trunk from on top of his head that is raised like that. Might be good to show a drawing of it when it is lowered on the head normally too.

Design on this though is pretty weak. The anatomy of the creature isn't well researched, the arrangement of bags and things are ugly and random, the armour on the creature isn't functional, the ropes are all the same thin kind no matter what they are supporting, there's no way for the guy to get up and down from the creature, etc. It just not that well thought out.

The scrawl at the bottom that is like a graffiti style writing is illegible. Just write normally, the whole point of it is for easy identification of the piece. It took like 5 minutes to se it just said "creature design".

[Anonymous No.2198582]

>>2198570
Cool man. You need to update your tumblr more.

This one seems a bit preoccupied with swooshy abstract shapes, and the actual design is getting lost. What is the design of his helmet thing? What is the red? blood? paint? Is this sci fi or fantasy? It's all very unclear. All it needs is 15 minutes of working towards clarity.

[Anonymous No.2198588]

>>2198579
>bottom that is like a graffiti style writing is illegible. Just write normally, the whole point of it is for easy identification of the piece. It took like 5 minutes to se it just said "creature design".>>

Yeah, I really struggled with this one. I am more used to do a hard surface stuff. Had no idea how to tackle bags etc, so I just put some stuff randomly there, for example the biggest "pouches" on the sides are just there to fill the space. I was looking through Feng's drawings and he does it really well, I guess my visual library is really weak when it comes to this stuff. I will make sure to write more clearly next time, just couldn't help myself this time since It was a pain in the ass to force myself to finish it. Thanks for critics, anon!

[Anonymous No.2198593]

>>2198516

nice, did you use xyz section drawing or perspective for this? how much

[Anonymous No.2198603]

>>2198588
Yeah it's tricky. I think probably the handling of a pack beast loaded with bags and stuff is this one by Jim Murray: http://cdn.dota2.com/apps/dota2/images/comics/awhy/wallpaper/wp_02_1280.jpg

Obviously it is more stylized than what you are going for, but if you study it you will see just how brilliant his design is. Every shape is well thought out to have variation from the others but still fit in the whole, he has different materials and patterns and clasps and seams, and he has a nice amount of identifiable shapes in there rather than just boxes and rounded boxes like you have Check out that awesome halter (harness thing on the head. It's got great shapes, the hanging straps that were used in jousting design, it's got that cool braid thing over the horn, there's that ring piercing on the horn etc. Just everything is fun and playful and thought out to be visually interesting.

So even if you don't push it as far as that example which is pretty extreme, these are things you should be thinking of. Another great person to look at is Clement Sauve, also a bit cartoony and stylized, but INSANELY GOOD design. He can make something as boring as some wires or a bag, and then do variations on them to make them super interesting.

[Anonymous No.2198618]

Plein air watercolor

[Anonymous No.2198619]

[Anonymous No.2198625]

>>2198603
That's really helpfull. I will try to fix my concept now. Thanks!

[Anonymous No.2198628]

Made a beerpong cup and a ball.
Thoughts?

[Anonymous No.2198640]

Still have a lot to do on this but any critiques before I fuck it up any further?

[Anonymous No.2198649]

>>2198516
the harness around the severed horns would slide off. I's drill through the horn and tie it through the hole.

[Anonymous No.2198662]

>>2198516
Muh clit <3

[Anonymous No.2198683]

>>2198662

that's just gross. go away. you can't just kidnap a guy saying and exchange the dick for your clit, it's not socially acceptable. ew.

[Anonymous No.2198686]

>>2198640
check the construction of the human head because it's all fucked up. In particular it looks like you have no conception of the bones of the forehead and should review how the cheekbone changes the shape of the eye socket

[Anonymous No.2198690]

>>2198662
Sorry, I was just dumped by my GF, so I cannot help Your clit.

[Anonymous No.2198701]

>>2198593
Thanks, and sorry for late answer. Yes, I am recently using a grid all the time. I start it by doing a rough sketch with perspective guide (horizon line and bottom lines for x and z) and then when going into a bit more detail I use a persp tool ( this I think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mtrrbz-1Co ). This way I can focus on drawing and have more or less precise perspective. I used to practice perspective a lot, so I can do without any grid at all, but too many times I found myself wasting time trying to figure some more tricky part out. Cheers!

[Anonymous No.2198704]

>>2198701
>I start it by doing a rough sketch with perspective guide
I meant just hand made lines here. I do it so I don't end up drawing a shot from exactly the same angle as it would happen with premade grids. It keeps things a little bit more random IMHO.

[Anonymous No.2198705]

>>2198701
Not him but you helped me with another question I had, thanks anon

[Anonymous No.2198716]

[Anonymous No.2198758]

>>2198716
resize pictures so they are the same size for the viewer as they were for you when you were drawing them

[Anonymous No.2198781]

[Anonymous No.2198785]

キリストの十字架を運びます
Christ carrying the Cross

[Anonymous No.2198786]

painted my buddy

[Anonymous No.2198796]

>>2198193
>It makes my figures more lively if I just draw what I see
Good luck, anon. I'm sure you'll go far.

[Anonymous No.2198821]

>>2198193
you can't see what you don't know, and you don't know what you don't know
you rely too much at copypasting outlines, you don't care about everything else (and outlines are far from good)

[Anonymous No.2198831]

>>2198570
best of thread would fuck 10/10

[Anonymous No.2198847]

A self portrait

[Anonymous No.2198881]

>>2198210
i like the colors. but the comp feels cramped/ has perspective problems. like that lampost close to the tree needs to be shorter to be in proportion with the ones in the background, and drawing bigger because it's closer to the picture frame. and there's the tiny, tiny bridge.

lighting also seems confused. why is the direction of light opposite from where the sun is? why does the tree have edge lighting from both sides? (it's possible for that to happen but the source would have to be right behind it) why are there no shadows?

i know it's a sketch but i think you should start looking at references if you're no already.

[Anonymous No.2198928]

[Anonymous No.2198946]

Self portrait. Charcoal on paper.

[Anonymous No.2198952]

at least they're good for something

[Anonymous No.2198970]

>>2198952
slothbro how come you stopped tripfagging?

these drawings are to your usual standard but i think you should challenge yourself. these scribble values and rendering is starting to show stagnation to me. like that flat dark patch of nothing on the sloth with the headband, it doesn't describe a form.

[Anonymous No.2198971]

>>2198928
everything is wrong, please look at the sticky.

[Anonymous No.2198980]

[Anonymous No.2199062]

meh

[Anonymous No.2199076]

>>2198786
AYYYYY

[Anonymous No.2199077]

portrait drawing session tonight, 1 1/2 hours.

[Anonymous No.2199079]

[Anonymous No.2199080]

[Anonymous No.2199082]

[Anonymous No.2199090]

>>2199062
remember that the eyes should be solid structure.
the girl in the armor is the best of the bunch, though the hair isn't effected by gravity and the values on the armor should have more contrast between the dark and lights to give it a more metallic look.

just keep practicing.

[Anonymous No.2199092]

It was just for practice, but I think it looks fun

[Anonymous No.2199101]

Dictator like Hitler, Castro, add more details? its look good to me now. Give opinions guys they really help.

[Anonymous No.2199108]

>>2199101

why does he have yellow teeth if he's a vainglorious megalomaniac

the teeth are kind of sucky all around compared to everything else, consider redoing them

[Anonymous No.2199109]

>>2199101
Castro is one of the most based man of history. Fuck off fag.

[Anonymous No.2199142]

>>2199077
Eyes to big

[Anonymous No.2199145]

>>2199101
folds look terrible

[Anonymous No.2199299]

>>2199109

[Anonymous No.2199311]

>>2198241
>>2198232

Love these. I am instantly a fan

[Anonymous No.2199324]

>>2199109
>Spot the commie

>>2199101
About the drawing in general, his legs are too far apart. His whole hips seem to be far behind the torso, and the pants you chose make it look like he has a huge ass. I would also recommend for you to study faces. His eyes are to close, and look cartoony as fuck, his eyebrows are inexpressive, his nostril doesn't look tridimentional. His teeth are all wrong, even for a cartoon, as his lower teeth should be thiner than the upper ones.

His pose, face and clothings are pretty unintimidating. First I would recommend you look for the badass nazi uniforms for reference. I believe russian uniforms are pretty cool as well. If you are going for Castro he has to look less oficial and more like a guerrilla combatant. This halfway look isn't cutting it. Also, he may need a beard, a hat, hair? Something needs to be a simbol, you know, like most of these guys had mustaches.

For details, as you look for reference, try to integrate medals, an armband, simbols in the cap, some other colors to break this awful wall of green. Also don't forget your evil red.

[Anonymous No.2199343]

>>2199079
Check out some pics of actual foxes to get an idea of the direction their fur grows in

[Anonymous No.2199392]

[Anonymous No.2199394]

>>2198970
you wouldn't believe how much I'm actually spamming this board.
I know, you're right. I should really get into anatomy and perspective. but it was fun to draw these nevertheless.

[Anonymous No.2199448]

>>2199394
>drawing
>fun
I hate this meme.

[Anonymous No.2199456]

>>2198785
>キリストの十字架を運びます
日本語わかりもしないのに何考えてんだお前は。百年早いぞ、もうちっと勉強してから出直して来いや

[Anonymous No.2199491]

>>2198946
Something about the eyes piss me off, fix them.

Thing about charcoal is that you have a unique asset other outlets don't have, you can redo it over and over. Trust me, rub it all off (with your hand) and it'll leave a faint linework, then draw it again. You WILL see improvement in the overall quality.

Pic related

[Anonymous No.2199493]

>>2198786
nice one, saw it on leddit earlier yesterday and upboated

[Anonymous No.2199502]

>>2199493
I don't usually go on Le redditz but I would if there was a good drawing/painting/art board, any suggestions?

[Anonymous No.2199510]

[Anonymous No.2199519]

>>2199510
Well if you're going for the hipster street art look then you nailed it

Otherwise it's shit

[Anonymous No.2199534]

>>2198296
the right side of her face is messed up

[Anonymous No.2199597]

>>2199510
>>2199519

It's shit regardless. The inking is ok, it's what makes this look kinda good, but then, the anatomy is all wrong, and I expect you to tell me it's exaggerated on purpose, but even if it is, the results aren't pleasant to look at.
Her huge bulbous head, long neck, the skinny arm and her hand which is positioned in an impossible angle where it only shows two fingers are the most jarring mistakes.
Then, more subtly, the shadows are terribly placed, they don't seem to have a clear light source, and the way they give her body no volume at all.
That shadow under the arm specially, which makes the arm feel like it's detached from the body as the shadow goes all the way up to the side of the shoulder.
Also, it's made with a pencil, and clashes with the inking.

Go back and revisit the fundamentals, anatomy, light and shadow and shit.

[Anonymous No.2199634]

finished

[Anonymous No.2199745]

[Anonymous No.2199791]

>>2199634
Fucking kek 10/10

Also was it your intention to keep his eyes the same color as the surrounding skin?

[Anonymous No.2199811]

WIP. Firs proper attempt at realistic & colours. Ref'ed the shit out of this one.

[Anonymous No.2199842]

>>2199811
>"where's his head omg anon"

His right eye seems to be protruding out just a little
Work on the skin values too
Add something to the background
Add a rim-light to pop the portrait

Keep us posted

[Anonymous No.2199851]

>>2198060
OK IC, I cannot into render. I posted this lineart a while ago here, I decided to try rendering it. It looks shit, muddy etc. Please help me anons. It is supposed to be bat inspired knight hence dark values btw.

[Anonymous No.2199852]

>>2199851
I just realised a piece of his cap should be visible in between his legs, will fix that.

[Anonymous No.2199860]

Trying to do a portrait of this cosplayer I found. Couldn't find any better pics of him. I'm having trouble with shadows.

[Anonymous No.2199862]

>>2199851
>>2199852
Resize that shit. You just posted a 7.5k tall image, it should be 1k at MOST.

[Anonymous No.2199863]

>>2199791
vague I guess, as it's on shadow it doesnt matter that much
>>2199811
you're copypasting too much, be more dynamic, where is the head? r you using grids, rules or shit? resolution is so bad and your image is way too big
don't use black, skin is muddy in some parts

[Anonymous No.2199865]

>>2199851

>not working in the 14k-by-20k pixel size ratio

found your problem anon.

[Anonymous No.2199868]

>>2198060
OK IC, I cannot into render. I posted this lineart a while ago here, I decided to try rendering it. It looks shit, muddy etc. Please help me anons. It is supposed to be bat inspired knight hence dark values btw. (sorry for oversized pic before)

[Anonymous No.2199881]

[Anonymous No.2199882]

>>2199881

[Anonymous No.2199883]

>>2199882
>>2199881

[Anonymous No.2199884]

[Anonymous No.2199886]

>>2199884
Stop posting.

[Anonymous No.2199894]

>>2199868
-Extend your value range
-Don't be afraid of black
-Simplify your shapes more

[Anonymous No.2199952]

>>2199868

[Anonymous No.2199956]

>>2199894
>>2199952
thank You anons! Getting back to work.

[Anonymous No.2199976]

>>2199952
This is definitely a better direction than >>2199894

Your image already has a strong silhouette, and the subtle value shifts you've got going now are actually nice. You wouldn't want to break that up by adding lots of lights. However, I would agree that you should push your blacks all the way. Think 90% dark, 10% light. You don't want 50/50.

[Anonymous No.2200010]

>>2199976
>This is definitely a better direction than >>2199894
I don't think so, they make different points, he's not pointing to change shapes, he just paint over it to make real contrast to read forms well, and also improved the mask, as it's flat and boring on his drawing, it has so many lines around, but no huge planes constructing forms, imagine a car design like that, it would be non sense, if it seems to respond no utilitie, then it's not designed, therefore ugly

arm design is so thin at the end while chest is huge (but not buffed)

[Anonymous No.2200048]

Back in the game

[Anonymous No.2200059]

>>2200010
>if it seems to respond no utilitie, then it's not designed, therefore ugly
None of those things follow logically from the other, necessarily.

I think the first design is more original, >>2199894 just looks like typical batman with a sword. It's true, that by bringing in some lights you can see the forms more clearly, but he'd be sacrificing the strength of silhouette and unique qualities of the overall image. Also, by enhancing it with some well chosen specular highlights, you're creating the right metallic feel, like blackened iron, the other one could be plastic.

>arm design is so thin at the end while chest is huge (but not buffed)

I like that part. Makes him look nice and bulky.

[Anonymous No.2200064]

>>2199976
>>2200010
>>2200059
Wow, it's almost like different people have different tastes!

[Anonymous No.2200071]

>>2200048
just stop dude. what are you doing?

[Anonymous No.2200072]

>>2200064
Yeah well it wouldn't be too helpful to critique people by saying "do whatever you want, you can't account for taste", so I think it's better to put forth arguments.

[Anonymous No.2200076]

>>2200071
I dunno, it's kinda cool.

>>2200048
The head is nice, but you need to work on anatomy for body. I think it would help to get a nice ref for the body.

The dick could be a tad bigger, and more in shadow. Also, it looks really out of place right now (haha) because it's more rendered than the body, but I think it would look nice if the whole figure, including the dick, was low contrast, and roughly rendered (you just need to refine shapes a bit more, again, get some ref.)

[Anonymous No.2200077]

>>2200048
>>2200076
Also, show us some hands or feet a little bit

[Anonymous No.2200093]

>>2199868
Why would a medieval batman need a sword

[Anonymous No.2200106]

>>2200093
That's a good point. Perhaps he should have a mace or some kind of staff. Something less lethal, more punishing.

[Anonymous No.2200127]

>>2198060
enjoy this kind of stuff?

[Anonymous No.2200152]

>>2200106
I personally think some cool gauntlets would be cool. But hey, it's not my drawing.

[Anonymous No.2200155]

>>2200152
I just realized I used "cool" twice in one sentence.

[Anonymous No.2200164]

>>2200155
Well, it's true, cool gauntlets are cool.

[Anonymous No.2200186]

>>2200093
Well, it was not supposed to be a Batman per se, but more of a bat inspired knight. I thought that straight Batman would look too ninja like. Anyways. I pushed things more a little bit. Left one is what happened when I applied some contrast/ brightness adjustments, it gives more read IMHO, middle one is an actual painting, and right one has some dodge applied (totally overdone, but was wondering how would it work). Will continue tommorow.

[Anonymous No.2200195]

>>2200152
I wanted to use daggers at the beginning, but at the same time I really wanted to design some kind of armor, and that makes him to heavy to use agility based weapons. gaunlets were actually my second choice, but I dropped it for the same reason I didn't go for daggers. Then I kept sketching this big badass two handed sword in his hand and this is what I ended up with. It is not the coolest of designs by any stretch, but I am not into character design in the first place, so I didn't expect much from it. Here is lineart btw

[Anonymous No.2200199]

[Anonymous No.2200203]

>>2200186
>bat inspired knight.

The design of the bat chest plate combined with the spiky gauntlets really screams 'batman', maybe redesign those. Perhaps the bat plate could be more like a coat of arms, a kind of naive old timey drawing of a bat, like how lions and dragons were drawn on coats of arms.

I like the helm then, if you were going for 'bat inspired' instead of batman.

[Anonymous No.2200213]

>>2200203
I tried designing a bat in a wat old banners were made with lions and dragons You mentioned, but I failed miserably... I probably should go and redesign the whole think, but I just want to be over with it to be honest... Yeah, I know I am lazy fucker and sloppy designer at the same time... Anyways thank You for Your input anon, it's much appreciated!

[Anonymous No.2200214]

>>2200186
>but more of a bat inspired knight
oh so kind of like a dark knight.
like a rising dark knight.
so this is like the beginnings of a rising dark knight?

[Anonymous No.2200220]

>>2200186
it's called color dodge because you need colorzz!!
stick with left or middle one, values are so dark on middle one, cut down the light spots on the left (seems to bright righ now) and add more brighter values, it has too many planes, make them tell how perpendicular they're to the lightspot and also mind using a light to cut the part in shadows, the most darker place is always when bright and darkness forms meet
play with opacity and work lights in new layers, in few of them as you light almost nothing

[Anonymous No.2200223]

>>2198588
I remember doing this project back in the first term. This guy >>2198579 is pretty spot on with everything you need to fix. Other than that, add a drop shadow and some light from your lantern. I think it will add a lot to the page for 5 minutes of your time. Another fun thing to do is to do a military pass of your creature. Not like a ready for war military, but more of a military parade sort of look. If done properly, this could add a ton more design than you are currently offering and really make it feel like hes a part of the world you want him to be in.

[Anonymous No.2200225]

>>2200213
>I probably should go and redesign the whole think

Nah, just keep going.

[Anonymous No.2200228]

>>2200220
played with it a bit, with mouse so don't expect gud overpaint kek
mixed your left and mid ones and added some values

[Anonymous No.2200229]

>>2199392
Hey, isn't that Evelyn Nesbit? Neat.

[Anonymous No.2200232]

>>2200229
>fanart

[Anonymous No.2200243]

>>2198272
no

[Anonymous No.2200248]

>>2200076
>>2200077

lol thank you! yeah i've actually used a ref this time (kardashian) but you're right I need to improve a lot.

I don't know if this is what you meant when you said low contrast. I'll use some other refs.

Thanks again for the crit it really helps me ^^

>>2200071
Dude this is just the beginning,

[Anonymous No.2200257]

So I am learning as I am doing this. Could use a little help. I am having a little trouble with the smaller ball. Can't seem to get the shading and glare/shine/reflection right to make it blend in. to me it looks like I just did the pokeball and placed it there. any tips or demonstration?

[Anonymous No.2200262]

>>2200248
left eye is so messed up, take care of edges, add more darkness, add speculars, play with layers, add reflected light from skin, don't use darkest values on face freatures

[Anonymous No.2200264]

>>2200257
that's called specular, your image totally lacks shading, there's no darkness anywhere, only that wierd speculars on the pokeballs, take real references of rendering objects, clothes and cats, turn that image to grayscale and enjoy your mess

[Anonymous No.2200266]

>>2200257

worlds most demanding paintover

[Anonymous No.2200270]

for the /ic/ fundamentalist

[Anonymous No.2200274]

[Anonymous No.2200276]

Trying to understand perspective

[Anonymous No.2200290]

>>2200276
You need to highlight (or better yet un highlight) the darker places from which the light source(s) cannot reach; doing so will really pop out the building and bring a realistic vibe to it. In other words shade the darker areas.

The style you're going for does not require much criticism as it's not going for realism.

Also I'm in love with the texture you chose for the buildings

[Anonymous No.2200317]

>>2198060

[Anonymous No.2200323]

>>2200317
Cute

[Anonymous No.2200333]

>>2200274
keep doing what you're doing, it's noice.

[Anonymous No.2200334]

>>2200274
Your work is really interesting, I have one of your pieces set as my background atm

[Anonymous No.2200343]

>>2200334
really? thanks, wich one?

[Anonymous No.2200371]

I can't figure out the teal arm for the life of me. I want it to be steadying the canon arm, but I'm struggling to make it look natural

[Anonymous No.2200376]

[Anonymous No.2200380]

>>2200371
Try planting the hand on the cannon instead of the bicep - that seems to be what official art tends to do IIRC.

I'm more concerned about that super inward turning knee on our right.

[Anonymous No.2200384]

>>2200380
yeah, I've yet to fix that because I've been so focused on the damn arm.

I'd still like to figure out how to put the hand there even if its usually placed on the canon though, I'm too salty about being stuck on to give up on figuring it out so soon

[Anonymous No.2200394]

>>2200384
I'm looking at the promotional art for Prime Hunters, and the box art for Prime Hunters: First Hunt and Prime 2.

It looks like they generally plant the palm of the hand on the medial side of the gun then have the fingers wrap on top. You have the palm on top then the fingers wrapping to the lateral side.

For the promotional art, pay attention to the posture of the spine, whether one side of the rib cage tilts forward, the angle of the shoulders, the bend of the elbows, and the comparative height of the elbows. It all works as one, so what you feel is the main problem might actually have some underlying issues that need addressing first.

[Anonymous No.2200404]

Green Tea Ice Cream

[Anonymous No.2200406]

>>2199860
>Trying to do a portrait of this faggot I found

fixd

[Anonymous No.2200431]

second page WIP of a comic I'm working on, supposed to be a bunch of ghosts sitting in a stone amphitheater for a ghost funeral.

critique appreciated. :) I always feel like I could always do more with these sorts of scenes, like I'm not giving them their fair shake, but it's easy to overwork them and then be stuck with having disproportionate amounts of detail for the rest of your comic.

[Anonymous No.2200475]

>>2200431
this is really noice anon, how long did you spend on it?

[Anonymous No.2200482]

>>2200475

thanks.anon :) anything weird jump out at you that I could improve on?

was noodling on it last night for maybe.... 2 1/2 hours? I'm pretty quick when I can just make up random characters as I go.

[Anonymous No.2200501]

>>2200371
Hope it helps. Don't give up.

[Anonymous No.2200525]

>>2198066
I see your mum posed for you so you could paint her like one of your Paris girls. SuccessM8

[Anonymous No.2200547]

>>2200274
Are you proud of this?

Honestly step back from your computer and look at it

[Anonymous No.2200567]

>>2200547

damn, that's rough anon. i'd probably cry if someone said this to me.

that being said, I lol'd heartily and will keep this in the back of my head before calling something finished.

[Anonymous No.2200570]

>>2200501
I ended up going a different direction- but I think I'm just going to stop here. My biggest problem is that the pose is trash

Regardless, I really appreciate the help!

[Anonymous No.2200575]

>>2200264
yeah, I am new to this art thing.
I am used to doing graphic/web design, but recently started to get into painting since I got a surface pro 3. Also, thanks for the tip, will be studying shadows&reflections.
Didn't have a reference for the cloth so I winged it and it came out kinda ugly.

>>2200266
paintover?

wanted to do a similar light reflection as the big ball, but I just got lazy and went wit what you suggested here.

[Anonymous No.2200579]

>>2200570
The thing you do with her knees/feet are part of a gripe I have. They're sort of bent inwards as if she has an affliction (knock knees or pigeon toe), or she really needs to take a pee or something.

It's really "popular" and I see it everywhere. It's just like the illustrator's red nose syndrome, and chromatic aberration.

If you're doing some sort of schoolgirl loli, or any other weak insecure character it might be appropriate. This looks like an action hero or something so the way the lower body is posed contradicts the upper body and the gravitas it tries to project.

Pic related is just a 2sec "fix" to illustrate what simply switching the feet round does to the overall impression.

Anyway, keep at it anon. It looks promising!

[Anonymous No.2200609]

>>2200567
yeah, i have to work more

[Anonymous No.2200611]

[Anonymous No.2200613]

[Anonymous No.2200640]

>>2198060
old vharacter I decided to draw again, it's wsupposed to be a futuristic Talon from LoL.

[Anonymous No.2200759]

>>2200343
dis one

[Anonymous No.2200760]

On my desktop I found a render of a zbrush sculpt I did a couple of years ago, and thought I'd try that Ambient Occlusion-technique with it.

[/RottenApple/ No.2200766]

[Anonymous No.2200770]

>>2200760
>chromatic aberration
this meme needs to STOP!
when I fixate on one area my eyes begin to tear up and hurt, its terrible, it does not turn your shit into kronprinz artwork

it isnt even a bad painting but this completely fucks it up

[Anonymous No.2200792]

>>2200760
>chromatic aberration
its just hurting the image, it does not activate anything.
its directly hindering the images potential.

[Anonymous No.2200795]

>>2200760
I like the chromatic Aberration

[Anonymous No.2200806]

>>2200759
oh, i see!
>>2200333
thank you

[Anonymous No.2200823]

[Anonymous No.2200827]

[Anonymous No.2200848]

>>2200770
>>2200792
sorry

>>2200795
thankse

Here's the initial sculpt from 2013.

[Anonymous No.2200894]

hey gang.

[Anonymous No.2200900]

[Anonymous No.2200901]

>>2200900
please post ref
>>2200000

[Anonymous No.2200906]

>>2200900
Nice anon, I wish i was as good as you are.
How long did it take?

[Anonymous No.2200935]

how is this

i think im drawing wrong or something. i dont think i understand structure or something, i draw with thick chicken scratches and erase away at it like im making a sculpture.

[Anonymous No.2200937]

>>2200935
>or something
>or something
sorry

[Anonymous No.2200940]

>>2200795
same

[Anonymous No.2200955]

>>2200894
(y)

[Anonymous No.2200980]

>>2200935
That is how I started out. Part of learning your fundamentals is doing away with this and learning to draw a clear line.

When you go get a signature from an artist or they make a little drawing in the art book you bought, they make clear strokes, they NEVER chicken scratch then erase. That's what you should aim for.

[Anonymous No.2200981]

>>2199491
The eyes are perfect mate. ;)

[Anonymous No.2200996]

>>2200900
I did these too, it was fun.

[Anonymous No.2200998]

>>2199491
Why are you talking like you have even the slightest idea about how to draw.
I have such a strong dislike against people like you in real life, its crazy.

[Anonymous No.2201002]

>>2200996
Das pretty good also hombre. You inspired me to do a study of my own. Thxmen

[Anonymous No.2201050]

i painted some muh fuckin trees. i haven't used a palette knife before. anyone got some hot tips?

[Anonymous No.2201056]

>>2201050
Top half of this image is great, it's got lovely movement and a sense of air to it. The bottom half feel disordered and confusing, and loses the atmosphere you created above.

[Anonymous No.2201093]

メアリーアイコン
Mary Icon

[Anonymous No.2201103]

>>2201093
fukin weebs

[Anonymous No.2201116]

top or bottom?

[Anonymous No.2201120]

>>2201116
bottom is shit, why would you repeat that blocks on the first plane?

[Anonymous No.2201124]

>>2201116
Top

[Anonymous No.2201128]

>>2201120
>why would you experiment
>>2201124
thanks

more opinions?

[Anonymous No.2201135]

here's some drawings I did for /pol/

[Anonymous No.2201138]

>>2201135
awesome

[Anonymous No.2201142]

>>2201116
Top with the foreground from the bottom.

[Anonymous No.2201145]

>>2201135
What a meaningless waste of time.

[Anonymous No.2201148]

>>2201142
like so?

[Anonymous No.2201151]

>>2201145
go back to your anime, faggot

[Anonymous No.2201159]

>>2201148
This whole image has some weird scale. Visually everything takes roughly the same 2d space, even though some things are super far or super close. I would vary your shapes more. Get some ref. Colours are also weird, overly warm foreground, overly cool bg. Would hte rocks be that red? Probably they'd be more neutral. And probably they would have some cooler upper planes. The balance/construction of the rocks is odd too. Did you actually look at old ruins to see how they were formed? They don't really look like that.

[Anonymous No.2201162]

>>2201145
As good as any artistic exercise. But I don't meant to be depressing.

[Anonymous No.2201186]

>>2201159
>Visually everything takes roughly the same 2d space, even though some things are super far or super close
could you elaborate? I don't really know what you mean by occupying 2D space

tried altering color to your suggestion, how's this

[Anonymous No.2201191]

>>2198100
I'd neaten up the lines and move the foreground left and background right a bit

[Anonymous No.2201197]

>>2201135

Time to leave this place for good.

[Anonymous No.2201218]

>>2201186
>could you elaborate? I don't really know what you mean by occupying 2D space
Imagine that your image is a 2d graphic shape, there is no depth. Look at it in an abstract sense.

Now see how the foreground rocks, the midground ruins, and the bg pillars are all almost identical in visual size even though they are different distances from us? You are flattening your image and making it feel more boring than it needs to be because of this. Right now your scale is really hard to tell. Those clouds for example look pretty close to us and like they are almost touching hte ground. How can you give appropriate depth and scale? Don't rely on just a value shift, use other cues like size, detail, and shape to help as well.

[Anonymous No.2201229]

>>2201218
ahh i see what you mean. thanks, gave that a shot, also faded them way out

[Anonymous No.2201268]

>>2201197
so that's how it works over here, huh?

If your drawings need work, or if you're not drawing anime porn, you're not welcome?

[Anonymous No.2201302]

Well Zedig's brushes are really good, looks pretty allright for a first time color portrait, pls gibe feedback.

[Anonymous No.2201315]

>>2201056
does this fix some of that problem?

[Anonymous No.2201318]

>>2201268
Stop crying, nerd

[Anonymous No.2201321]

absolute terrible newborn baby noob here.
No need to tell me how shit I am, I am fully aware that i'm below monkey tier.

Can anyone help me with that face?

[Anonymous No.2201324]

>>2201135
as the OP of this thread, I am hurt and offended.

otherwise nice drawings

[Anonymous No.2201327]

>>2201135
About as shitty as drawing ragefaces

[Anonymous No.2201330]

>>2199101
Hitler was one of the most based man of history. Fuck off fag.

[Anonymous No.2201337]

>>2201135
appreciated

[Anonymous No.2201340]

The latest one I've finished. Can't stop getting it to rotate to the side.

[Anonymous No.2201341]

>>2201330
Nah, Hitler destroyed Europe it's a traitor to the old continent.
Castro never went to war with anyone, and in a little island internationally blocked by criminals like U.S. and Europe's armies, people have food, the best education and the best health care. Castro is the most based man in the world at this moment. And that's not because he is some kinfd of miracle, but because the rest of the world is so fucked up. How can still be children in the richest nations of the world without schools, food, health care or housing? That's fucked up mang.

[Anonymous No.2201343]

>>2201341
but white power

[Anonymous No.2201346]

No idea what to paint in the focal point lol

[Anonymous No.2201349]

>>2201346
Maybe some waves splashing against the rocks?

[Anonymous No.2201355]

>>2201346
someone on the foreground rock looking at something large and foggy in the distance

[Anonymous No.2201357]

>>2201355
>>2201355
THAT SOUNDS SO EPIC

[Anonymous No.2201366]

>>2201346
>>2201355

[Anonymous No.2201369]

[Anonymous No.2201404]

[Anonymous No.2201405]

>>2201349
>>2201355
>>2201357
>>2201366

(`･ω･´) (`･ω･´) (`･ω･´)

[Anonymous No.2201412]

Here's some of my stuff that I'm reposting from the last thread

[Anonymous No.2201414]

>>2201412

[Anonymous No.2201416]

>>2201414

[Anonymous No.2201417]

>>2201416
Not quite sure why I'm not able orient this properly, sorry

[Anonymous No.2201419]

>>2201417
Also. I apologize for the poor quality of these, I don't have a good way to phototgraph my stuff

[Anonymous No.2201420]

>>2201417
you suck bruh get out of your comfort zone and do some architecture studies. see how good your perspective knowledge
is?

[Anonymous No.2201422]

>>2200901
nice get i guess
>>2200906
about an hour or two... thanks
>>2200996
do you have the rest? this is the only one i have

[Anonymous No.2201423]

Pls help

[Anonymous No.2201424]

>>2201366
A BAG OF GAY DILDOS

[Anonymous No.2201428]

>>2201422
Not that anon but I have the male version if that helps

[Anonymous No.2201432]

>>2201422

[Anonymous No.2201433]

[Anonymous No.2201436]

>>2201422
>>2201428
>>2201432
>>2201433
thank much

[Anonymous No.2201437]

Sup, need some help here, which is more anatomically correct? don't have any refferences.

[Anonymous No.2201439]

advices to improve?

[Anonymous No.2201444]

>>2201423
Dude your work looks good, ok. The kind of advice you need is much more refined and educated that the kind you will find here.
At first glance, there's something off with her expression, but that's fixable with a couple of pencil lines. If you do it again from zero it will come good for sure.
Then you have the anatomy on her upper body, knowing basic body figure you can create cool shadows and cloth folding around her muscles and bone structure. But any drawing teacher can show you that on the spot easily. Find some drawing art class nearby, it doesn't have to be "famous" or anything, just a normal drawing teacher will do. You have talent so you just need some basic pointers, and then is all about daily practice and repetition.

[Anonymous No.2201454]

>>2201437
The B one is the correct. That's what's being explained in the graphic.

[Anonymous No.2201460]

>>2201437
B, look at the way the breast meets with the chest cavity

[Anonymous No.2201501]

>>2201454
>>2201460

lol thanks anons.

[nightbus !!XqfMr2miSzK No.2201508]

How do you shift from one medium to the other? i understand you want to focus on tone levels place them accordingly but i just can't seem to get it. Should i stick to figure drawing and placing things correctly before trying again?

[Anonymous No.2201519]

>>2201508
To be honest, I think you need to hit the books young grasshopper.

[Anonymous No.2201523]

I didn't take a great photo but it's just some sketchbook crap anyway.

How is my brain though? Look Brainy Enough?

[Anonymous No.2201524]

>>2201523
Wow shit I'm sorry, I didn't expect this size resolution from my phone honestly.

[nightbus !!XqfMr2miSzK No.2201535]

>>2201519
yah reading loomis and i got pissed on the acrylic when i realized i fucked the proportions and then i spent about 2 min on the right half of the face. its my first acrylic in about 3 years though

[Anonymous No.2201538]

wip

[Anonymous No.2201542]

>>2201538
That's cute. But, wtf are you doin, I ain't gonna click on a fucking 2.3MB, drop the file size to 250kb m8.

[Anonymous No.2201544]

>>2201538
>>2201542

erp sorry

[Anonymous No.2201552]

>>2201544

[Anonymous No.2201563]

>>2201315
Yeah it looks great now.

Also sorry I couldn't resist putting a couple on a stroll in it! Feels very much like a french impressionist picture, it was begging for something like this.

[Anonymous No.2201566]

I like more this version >>2201544 tan this one >>2201552
In the first pic the scene looks like something cute, bright and uplifting, the colors you choose in the second version have te opposite effect in my mood... I want the happy cute version of this idea.

[Anonymous No.2201568]

[Anonymous No.2201570]

[Anonymous No.2201571]

>>2201566

what about this?

[Anonymous No.2201581]

>>2201302
Very nice for a first attempt. The blue background though isn't in harmony with the skintone you used. There is a bit of a disparity where it isn't getting the right feeling across of either a sunny bright saturated image or a more subtle one.

I desaturated the background and simplified some things to try to harmonize it more.

Also a bit of a personal taste thing, but I am not a fan of the dry brush look that zedig's brushes give. It fills the image with a subtle texture that is fill of hard edges in a very repetitive nature. You can use the same brushes but with the mixer brush to get a more wet oil feel and some softer edges. I took it over the entire painting which may have been a bit extreme, but try it out in combination with what you are already doing.

[Anonymous No.2201587]

>>2201571
Yeah that's a lot better. That color mood fits better the cuteness of the pic's style

[Anonymous No.2201588]

>>2200760
Woah. It... it actually looks alright...

[Anonymous No.2201590]

>>2201116
Switch.

[Anonymous No.2201593]

>>2201404
From the tumbnail I thought it was a sock puppet.

[Anonymous No.2201618]

>>2201570
>>2200806
>>2200759
>>2200274
I like it, are your making this on paint?

[Anonymous No.2201619]

>>2201618
yes

[Anonymous No.2201623]

>>2201346
How about some tentacles looking for shit to wreck?

[Anonymous No.2201625]

>>2200955
took me a while to remember wher that "(y) " came from, sent me right back mate lol.

[Anonymous No.2201626]

>>2201619
Nice! I do some paint stuff from time to time, Its fun when im dry and lack motivation

[Anonymous No.2201628]

>>2198060
Help, I've lost my want to draw.

It happens once every couple months, but I have no desire to draw right now. It's been like this since Sunday. :(

[Anonymous No.2201642]

>>2201626
yours is much better! but i agree, i guess i always use paint cause im alwys dry and without motivation

[Anonymous No.2201645]

>>2198060

[Anonymous No.2201649]

made this, 2 hours

[Anonymous No.2201650]

I sketched a patient last time I went to the hospital

I only had a few minutes before the nurse shut the door

[Anonymous No.2201682]

i'm suffering

[Anonymous No.2201694]

[Anonymous No.2201751]

adolf stripper-ler

[Anonymous No.2201771]

>>2201444
Thanks for this

[Anonymous No.2201804]

>>2201694
Dude just stop. Those heads look all terrible. Study skulls and construction from memory. Yours is a chickenscratch shit fest with perspective errors left and right, stupid expressions and unlikely facial features

What a shit thread, beginner drawings left and right
>>2201649 Wanna be photocopier
>>2201508 Tripfags with no skill

[Anonymous No.2201829]

What can be improved?

[Anonymous No.2201830]

>>2201581
Looks way worse

[Anonymous No.2201832]

>>2201804
Post your work

[Anonymous No.2201839]

>>2201829
Values are too bright, shit blending on nose and cheek, shitty color choices, shitty visible brush strokes, shitty textured brush stacking, cliche and uninspired design

I'd recommend ctrl+paint unplugged

[Anonymous No.2201851]

Critique me pls

[Anonymous No.2201940]

meh, I think I fucked the perspective up.

[Anonymous No.2201977]

>>2201839
I don't think I improved in the way you wanted it except the design perhaps, I added some cool nails to the forhead. Eitherway thanks for the crit, even though i didn't understand everthing.

[Anonymous No.2201979]

>>2201977
I would appreciate if you could elaborate on my shitty color choice and my values. You dont have to tough.

[Anonymous No.2201986]

>>2201804
don't post work, just shut up. nobody appreciates you being a cunt.

[Anonymous No.2201988]

>>2201940
It looks correct, albeit extreme.
not a helpful critique, but I really like it.
you can really feel the cheekiness of the the character. what tools did you use\what inspired you?

[Anonymous No.2202071]

Doing this for an internship. About to start polishing.

[Anonymous No.2202089]

>>2202071
Design is pretty good. Maybe some small tweaks like how the feathers come out of the helmet, or what the pattern on his tunic is.

Biggest problem is the pose, it is super awkward. Try standing with a broom or something and getting into the pose in front of a mirror. How do you naturally hold yourself? What feels comfortable? Try to get into the pose you drew--does it feel weird and forced?

[Anonymous No.2202226]

Not best with anatomy

[Anonymous No.2202378]

>>2202226
What do you want us to say to this?
Do you really expect anything other than: "Flip your shit, but it's still shit" or "Definitely the worst tho".

[Anonymous No.2202501]

>>2201366
HAHAHAHHAHHAHH

10/10

[Anonymous No.2204563]

Okay. This is supposed to be Tom Brady. I'm a 16 year old amateur (obviously) I just got a sketchbook and I'm using a extra smooth Prismacolor pencil. I already know that I have a tendency to draw unrealistic, large eyes that are a bit too far apart. Anything else I should work on? Thank you so much. Critique as much as you can.

[Anonymous No.2204835]

>>2204563
JUST